US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Trump administration stands ready to use force if Venezuela’s interim leadership does not fully cooperate with Washington on key strategic priorities. “We are prepared to use force to ensure maximum cooperation if other methods fail… it is our hope that this…
An Eastern Airlines plane carrying 231 Venezuelan migrants deported from the US city of Phoenix landed in Venezuela on Friday, nearly two weeks after former president Nicolás Maduro was captured by US authorities and taken to New York to face drug trafficking charges. The aircraft touched down at an airport near the capital, Caracas, signaling…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, 58, who remains confident of becoming president “when the right time comes”, even as she has been sidelined by the United States following the overthrow of Nicolas Maduro, presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump on Thursday. Trump had strongly pushed to receive last year’s Nobel…
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday to talk about Venezuela’s future, despite Trump having questioned her credibility to assume leadership following a bold US military operation “Absolute Resolve” that captured then-President Nicolás Maduro. She told reporters the meeting was “great” after departing the White…
As the United States captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro a week ago, Trump was asked about cryptic remarks made by his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, who said that if this is how a “dictator” must be treated, then the “United States knows what to do next”, hinting at a similar fate for Russian President Vladimir…
After the US military action in Venezuela, the tension in Latin America is deepening. This time Colombia may be America’s target. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro himself has made such a claim. On this he warned US President Donald Trump and said, ‘If you have the courage then come, I am waiting right here.’ Donald Trump…
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a US courtroom on Monday. Maduro made his first appearance in a US court on the narco-terrorism charges cited by the Trump administration to justify his capture and transfer to New York….
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday morning that the American forces had conducted what he called ‘large-scale strike; against Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. The couple has now been indicted in New York on terrorism and drugs charges. Trump has accused Maduro of running a “narco terrorist…
After the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the inside story of US military action is now coming to light. America named this mission Operation Absolute-Resolve (OAR), which was carried out in a very confidential manner. This operation started on Friday night and was completed by early Saturday morning. The US Army, Delta Force, CIA,…
